File-case.



c. A. FARMER.

FILE CASE. APPLICATION FILED DEC-29, I914.

' L148,,369w Patented July 27, 1915.

ur ora ion CHARLES A. FARMER, OF WARRIOR, ALABAMA.

FILE-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1915.

Application filed December 29, 1914. Serial No. 879,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FARMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Warrior, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama,have invented new and useful Improvements in File-Cases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in tool holders, and whileprimarily intended and described as a file holder, it is to beunderstood that the device may be constructed to accommodate other typesof tools.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of theabove mentioned character. simple in construction, and one which will befound very useful by miners, machinists and other artisans, in that thefile when not in use is housed in a suitable receptacle and thusprotected from dirt, grease or other injuries, the receptacle havingassociated therewith a hook-like resilient clamp for supporting thedevice from the belt of the user.

In carrying out my invention I further aim to provide a constructionwhereby the tool when placed in the receptacle, will be positively heldtherein against casual displacement. To this end I provide the hooklikeclamp with an outwardly bowed portion arranged immediately above themouth of the receptacle so that when the tool is in position therein itwill be effectively engaged by the bowed portion of the clamp and thusheld against movement.

In the drawing forming a part of this application like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de vice. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view through the same.

A device constructed in accordance with my invention, includes areceptacle 5 constructed from any suitable material, and of any desiredcontour to accommodate any particular type of tool. As the device inthis particular instance is intended for use with a file, the receptacle5 is elongated and substantially rectangular in cross section. Thereceptacle comprises a bottom 6, side walls 7, and front and rear walls8 and 9 respectively, and is open at its upper end. The rear wall 9adjacent its upper end is provided with spaced parallel transverse slots10, by means of which one terminal of the clamp 11 is secured to thereceptacle, the clamp being constructed to support the receptacle fromthe belt, pocket or other suitable part of the clothes of the user.

The clamp 11 comprises a single length of resilient metal having one endpassed through the slots 10 and bent upwardly against the outer surfaceof the rear wall 9 as shown at 12 whereby the clamp is secured to thereceptacle. The metal is then bent rearwardly to provide a hook-likestructure comprising substantially parallel portions 13 and 14:respectively, the portion 13 being adapted to be hooked over the belt ofthe user. Now when the file or other tool is placed in the receptacle 5it is not only protected from dirt, grease or other injury, butsupported in convenient reach of the user.

With a view of preventing a tool from being lost out of the receptacle,I form the portion 14 of the clamp with an outwardly bowed portion 15disposed immediately above the mouth of the receptacle, so that when thetool is in position within the receptacle the bowed portion willeffectively engage and hold the same against relative movement. Byreason of this construction it will be manifest that different sizefiles can be immovably supported in the receptacle, although I desire tohave it understood that the holders may be made in any size toaccommodate difl'erent size tools.

It is believed that from the foregoing description the nature andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent without requiring amore extended explanation and therefore the same has been omitted.

What I claim is A tool holder comprising an elongated receptacle open atits upper end, a resilient hook-like clamp rising from the rear wall ofthe receptacle, and said clamp being formed with an outwardly bowedportion disposed immediately above the mouth of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of witnesses. 4

CHARLES A. FARMER.

PIERCE BARNES, H. A. HAGLER.

Goptea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

